Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-01-20
BISMARCK'S PLAIN TALK.
The Prime Minister OF Germany Wants
to Prepare for War.
ne Regards France as SIN Danger
Gus Foo 20 the German Empire.
and becomes Excited.

BERLIN, Jan. 3.--The most import
ant utterances yet made on the situation
in Europe came from Prince Bismarck
in an extended speech to the reichstag
in support OF the army bill, which
came up In Its amended form for a
second reading The president Of tho
chamber read the report on the bill.
The committee said II was not authorize
ed to advocate any Of the proposals In
connection with the measure. because
none of them had obtained the sanction
ofa mai GRITTY of the committee.
General Won Moltke made an earnest
speech for the bill urging the necessity
Tor preparation for war as u measure Of
peace and defense.
Baron Stautlenburg followed Won
Moltke and while he was speaking Bis
marck entered the chamber. AT the con.
clusion of Stauifenburg's speech Bis.
marck rose and said; The desire of all
the military authorities of the empire is
only opposed by Richter, Windthorst
and Grillenburg, II was difficult 10 con-
Clude peace at Frankfort and IL Is still
more difficult TO sustain IL. A degree of
intimacy and mutual confidence exists
between Germany and Austria such as
never existed At the period OF the Ger
man federation. We are bound to main
tain peace for this quarter of the globe,
but for this strong army is required,
Our relations with all the powers are OF
the best, and our good relations with
Russia are beyond all doubt. | should
have considered the entering upon war
on account of Bulgaria, rs an act OF
treason against my country
What Is Bulgaria 10 us2 It's all tho
same to us whoever governs there The
friendship of Russia Is surely more inn
portant to US than that Of Bulgaria, We
have not allowed ourselves TO be induced
ny !hy one to make an enemy Of Russia
fu he sake of Bulgaria. To maintain
s1J,. relations among the powers Is more
dlilitUt than you think. We cannot al
low Nur efforts to be nulliiled by journ.
alistic or parliamentary attacks. Our
relations with France continue good. To
maintain them is difficult, because long
historical process must be accomplished
before the feelings OF the past are ap.
peased and differences recOnciled. We
have done everything to induce France
to forget and forgive. We have no pres.
ent ground to apprehend war with
France, neither have we any reason to
fear it If il should happen. There can
DO no question about our attacking
France, but We must protect ourselves
against attacks. Under no ordinary cir
cumstances shall we attack France, but
we shall always DO compelled to arm
ourselves In such u manner as to DO
equal to the contingency of war. THIS
is the supreme object of tho army bill
| have confidence in the peaceful dispo-
sition of the French. Still, the past
teaches that we cannot count upon the
peace with France rs permanent. "A
government may one day come into
power ut Paris which will make war
upon us. You must take this into nc.
count il we do not prepare. III you
say to-day when war comes we shall
grant everything, we should be laughed
at. Is there In France a single paper or
a single public person who says we re-
nounce our rights to AlsaCeLorraine
The possibility of French aggression Is
, therefore sufficient motive for the bill,
France Is q strong and well armed power.
Her army Is brave and ready TO fight.
We must never sit idle with our hands In
our laps, however peaceful France may
look for n moment. Suppose the French
prove victorious, what would we have to
expect9 We should have the same
French against us from whom we suffer
cd from 1907 to 1918, and We should
again suck our blood, and we would be
paralyZod for 30 years. Endeavors
would be made to permanently weaken
us. Such demands would be made as to
give up Hanover. / am only describing
possibilities that might arise In the event
Of our defeat. The peace Of 1870 Is
mere childs play in comparison with
what the peace would be after the war
in 1900. He who wishes to take the re-
sponsiblity for this, let him. The fed
eral government will not take the re-
sponsibility and they therefore submit
this bill They wish to have permanent
ly sufficient trained soldiers In the en-
pire. We have chosen seven years
term because this was the period OF the
previous compromise and our constitu.
tional life depends upon that compro-
mise. II a similar demand were made
in France, do you think there is any
possibility of its being refusedf Zap
plause). II Is understood now that we
absolutely adhere to our demand for
Septennate and we cannot give way
even hairs breadth. Applause from
the right You can hardly expect that
the Emperor in his Goth year will con
tributelto the destruction Of the work to
which he has devoted the last 30 years OF
his life-the creation Of Germany and
the army Of the German Empire. II you
believe that is possible, IL you awaken
the slightest suspicion that these are
your aims, and II you do not speedily
satisfy the wishes Of the federal COVERT
ment regarding the defensive powers OF
Germany by the complete acceptance OF
the bill, then we prefer to deal with an
other reichstag. We will enter into NO
further negotiations with you. The
danger in which we might place the
German nation by procrastination forces
us to promptly obtain decisive answer
or to address ourselves to others who
will give such an answer" At the con-
clusicn of the speech, Prince Bismarck
was loudly cheered.
Prince Bismarck became passionate
when referring to France and was APP
parently Indifferent as to what impression
his words were likely TO make. There
was a marked differencei in his references
to Russia. Every word Of his uttered
showed his anxiety not to offend Russia,
or not to make her suspicious. During
his speech, Bismarck drank nine glasses
of cold brandy and water